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Lake  Forest 
Campus  Life 


Published  every  month  by  authority  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees   of  Lake   Forest   College,   Lake   Forest,   Illinois. 

Application  has  been  made  for  admission  as  second- 
class  matter  under  the  Act  of  Congress  of  July  16,  1894. 


LAKE       FOREST       CAMPUS       LIFE 


SOUTH   GATE 


LAKE       FOREST       CAMPUS       LIFE 


ALMA  MATER 

Lake  Forest  dear,  our  Alma  Mater, 

Thy  praise  we  sing  with  heart  and  voice. 

Thy  Red  and  Black  floats  proudly  o'er  us 

While  in  thy  glory  we  rejoice. 

We  gather  knowledge  at  thy  feet; 

As  stand  thy  brave  old  trees  about  thee, 

Strong  as  thy  lake's  fierce  waves  in  storm 

So  stand  thy  children  to  defend  thee, 

While  love  in  every  heart  beats  warm. 

Beneath  thy  forest  shades  reclining, 
We  gather  knowledge  at  thy  feet, 
The  happy  days  pass  all  too  quickly, 
With  friendship  bright  and  pleasure  sweet. 
And  though,  in  after  years,  life's  striving 
Shall  change  our  joys  to  care  and  pain, 
The  love  and  friends  of  Alma  Mater 
Our  richest  treasures  shall  remain. 
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LOCATION  OF  LAKE  FOREST 

Lake  Forest  College,  Lake  Forest,  Illinois,  is  situated  28  miles  north 
from  the  center  of  Chicago  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan  between 
Great  Lakes   Naval   Training   Station  and  Fort  Sheridan. 

It  is  on  the  main  line  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad 
and  also  on  the  Chicago,  North  Shore  and  Milwaukee  Electric  Rail- 
road, between  Chicago  and  Milwaukee. 

HISTORY  OF  LAKE  FOREST 

In  1855  a  number  of  prominent  citizens  of  Chicago  and  vicinity 
conceived  the  idea  of  creating  a  new  residence  suburb  and  establishing 
in  it  an  educational  institution  that  should  be  near  the  city,  and  yet 
always  retain  the  great  advantages  of  a  quiet  situation  in  the  country. 
Accordingly  on  Feb.  28,  1856,  they  formed  an  incorporated  land 
and  college  company  under  the  title  of  "The  Lake  Forest  Association. " 
A  site  was  selected  along  the  high  wooded  shore  of  Lake  Michigan, 
28  miles  north  of  Chicago.  Here  the  Association  purchased  about 
1,300  acres  of  land.  A  charter  for  an  educational  institution,  under 
the  name  of  Lind  University,  was  obtained  on  Feb.  13,  1857.  By  act 
of  Feb.  16,  1865,  the  name  was  changed  to  LAKE  FOREST  UNIVER- 
SITY, which  has  since  remained  the  legal  title  of  the  corporation. 

On  Sept.  7,  1876,  LAKE  FOREST  COLLEGE  was  opened.  The 
first  class  graduated  from  the  College,  in  June,  1879,  entered  as 
Seniors  in  1878.  The  first  class  to  enter  Lake  Forest  College  and 
complete  the  four  year's  course  was  graduated  in  June,   1880. 

The  charter  of  Lake  Forest  University  conveys  the  broadest  pow- 
ers for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  every  grade  and  kind 
of  institution  for  higher  and  professional  education.  A  medical  de- 
partment was  organized  in  Chicago  as  early  as  1859,  but  discontinued 
in  1864.  Some  years  later  alliances  were  made  with  certain  prominent 
professional  schools  in  Chicago:  in  1887  with  Rush  Medical  College, 
and  the  Northwestern  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  1888  with  the  Chi- 
cago College  of  Law,  in  1889,  with  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental 
Surgery.  These  relations  were  subsequently  severed;  and  in  1902 
the  Trustees  of  Lake  Forest  University  unanimously  decided  to 
abandon  all  efforts  to  maintain  professional  departments,  and  to  con- 
fine themselves  to  the  development  of  Lake  Forest  College. 

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THE  COLLEGE  CAMPUS 

Lake  Forest  College  campus  consists  of  50  acres  fronting  on  Sheri- 
dan Road,  a  splendid  boulevard  which  connects  Chicago  and  Milwaukee. 
The  campus  is  bounded  on  each  side  by  beautiful  glens  and  a  third 
cuts  through  the  campus,  forming  north  and  south  campus.  Not  far 
away  is  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan. 

John  Morley,  the  distinguished  English  statesman  and  author,  de- 
clared as  he  saw  Lake  Forest,  "If  I  were  going  to  live  in  the  United 
States,  I  would  want  to  make  my  home  in  Lake  Forest." 

Those  who  come  to  Lake  Forest  are  impressed  by  the  beautiful 
homes  and  grounds  and  agree  that  it  is  unsurpassed  in  the  beauty 
and  healthfulness  of  its  location.  In  the  center  of  this  beautiful  en- 
vironment are  situated  the  buildings  of  Lake  Forest  College. 


GYMNASIUM 


EQUIPMENT 

The  College  has  the  following  buildings: 

College  Hall,  the  first  building  erected  on  campus.    In  it  are  located 
the  biological  and  chemical  laboratories. 

Gymnasium,  a  brown  stone  structure  well  equipped  with  apparatus. 

Carnegie   Science   Hall,   occupied   by   the   departments   of   Physics 
and  Mathematics. 

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HARLAN   AND    BLACKSTONE   HALLS 


Arthur  Somerville  Reid  Library,  containing  35,000  volumes. 

Lily  Reid  Holt  Chapel,  a  gray  stone  structure  seating  more  than 
500  persons. 

North  Hall,  occupied  by  the  Lake  Forest  University  School  of 
Music. 

Calvin  Durand  Commons  having  accommodations  for  250.  All 
modern  equipment. 

Harlan  Hall,  dormitory  for  men.     Accommodations  for  35  men. 

Blackstone  Hall,  dormitory  for  men.    Accommodations  for  35  men. 

President's  House,  occupied  for  a  number  of  years  by  the  Presi- 
dent.    Now  used  as  a  dormitory  for  girls. 

Seven  houses  for  the  professors. 

Swift  Heating  Plant  which  supplies  heat  for  all  buildings. 

All  these  buildings  are  situated  on  the  south  campus.  The  follow- 
ing are  on  the  north  campus: 

Henry  C.  Durand  Art  Institute,  a  brown  stone  building  occupied  by 
the  administrative  offices.  It  also  has  a  large  auditorium  with  a  stage. 
There  are  seats  for  about  600  people.  In  this  room  are  held  plays 
by  the  Garrick  Club  and  various  social  events. 

Lois  Durand  Hall,  girPs  dormitory  accommodating  70  girls. 

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LIBRARY 


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COLLEGE  HALL 

FACTS  ABOUT  LAKE  FOREST 

Lake  Forest  University  founded  1857. 

Lake  Forest  College  established  1876. 

Total  endowment,  $1,192,115. 

Value  of  library,  scientific  apparatus,  etc.,  $92,530. 

Value  of  grounds,  $331,000. 

Value  of  buildings,  $606,000. 

Volumes  in  library,  35,000. 

WHAT  LAKE  FOREST  COLLEGE  OFFERS  YOU 

Unusually  complete  equipment  in  laboratories,  library,  dormitories, 
commons,  chapel,  and  gymnasium. 

An  experienced  teaching  force  throughout.  Faculty  lives  on  the 
campus,  thus  giving  the  opportunity  for  close  personal  contact  with 
the  student  body.  There  is  one  teacher  for  every  ten  students.  Presi- 
dent and  Faculty  take  a  personal  interest  in  the  students.  Proximity 
to  Chicago  offers  opportunity  for  sight-seeing,  recreation,  aesthetic 
advantages.     The  College  is  easily  accessible  to  visitors. 

An  environment  unexcelled  for  beauty.  A  picturesque  suburban 
town  over-looking  Lake  Michigan  with  some  of  the  finest  examples 
of  landscape  art  in  the  country. 

Musical  and  dramatic  advantages.  Affiliation  with  a  first  class 
school  of  music.     Effective  dramatic  club  producing  plays  frequently. 

Opportunity  to  become  acquainted  with  Chicago  business  life. 

Atmosphere  of  a  Christian  college  and  associated  with  well  or- 
ganized churches  of  the  community. 

A  chance  for  the  development  of  personality. 

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STUDENT  ACTIVITIES 

College  life  at  Lake  Forest  is  very  enjoyable  as  all  the  students 
live  on  the  campus  and  so  come  to  know  one  another.  A  great  deal 
of  college  spirit  is  developed. 

The  athletic  teams  always  have  been  strong  and  contests  each  year 
are  carried  on  with  such  colleges  as  Beloit,  Knox,  Northwestern,  Car- 
roll, James  Millikin,  and  Monmouth.  There  are  two  athletic  fields; 
one  a  practice  field  near  the  dormitories  and  gymnasium;  the  other 
an  exhibition  field  where  games  are  played  with  visiting  teams.  This 
field  is  equipped  with  a  baseball  diamond,  football  field  and  one-fifth 
mile  cinder  track.  There  are  a  number  of  tennis  courts.  A  great  deal 
of  attention  is  given  to  the  athletic  life  of  both  men  and  women. 
There  are  two  physical  directors  on  the  faculty;  one  for  women  and 
one  for  men. 

The  Garrick  Club,  which  is  the  dramatic  club,  gives  plays  frequent- 
ly during  the  year. 

There  is  a  forum  under  the  direction  of  the  department  of  English, 
through  which  the  students  learn  to  debate,  practice  public  speaking, 
etc. 

There  are  five  fraternities  for  men  and  four  sororities  for  women, 
one  of  them  honorary. 

Throughout  the  year  parties  are  given  for  all  the  students.  The 
effort  is  being  made  to  develop  this  element  in  student  life. 

Through  the  School  of  Music,  opportunities  are  offered  to  hear 
concerts  by  noted  artists. 

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THE  COLLEGE  CHAPEL 

Each  morning  the  students  gather  in  the  chapel  for  a  few  minutes 
for  a  definitely  inspirational   service. 

On  account  of  the  nearness  to  Chicago  it  has  been  possible  to 
bring  to  Lake  Forest  a  great  many  prominent  men  to  speak  in  chapel. 
Some  of  the  men  we  have  had  this  year  are:   Commandant  Wurtz- 


CLOISTER 


baugh  of  Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station,  Col.  Johnston  of  Fort 
Sheridan,  Professor  Cleland  McAfee  of  McCormick  Theological  Semin- 
ary of  Chicago,  President  James  G.  K.  McClure  of  McCormick  Semin- 
ary of  Chicago,  and  Judge  Harry  Fisher  of  the  Municipal  Court  of 
Chicago. 

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REID    MEMORIAL     LIBRARY 

THE  FACULTY 

Lake  Forest  College  has  been  fortunate  in  having  in  the  past 
years  a  strong  faculty.  Such  men  as  James  H.  Hyslop,  Mark  Baldwin, 
Robert  A.  Harper,  John  Y.  Coulter,  Wm.  A.  Locy,  James  G.  Need- 
ham,  Cornelius  Betten,  Francis  W.  Kelsey,  Andrew  C.  Zenos,  Lewis 
Stuart,  and  John  J.  Halsey  were  members  of  the  Faculty. 
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CHAPEL  TOWER 

The  Faculty  at  the  present  time  is  maintaining  the  reputation 
that  was  established  by  these  men.  The  majority  of  the  members  of 
the  present  faculty  hold  degrees  from  the  leading  universities.  There 
is  now  a  faculty  of  nineteen  men  and  women. 

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THE  BROSS  FOUNDATION 

In  1879  the  late  William  Bross  of  Chicago,  Lieutenant-Governor 
of  Illinois  in  1866-70,  desiring  to  establish  a  memorial  of  his  son, 
Nathaniel  Bross,  who  had  died  in  1856,  entered  into  an  agreement  with 
the  Trustees  of  Lake  Forest  University,  whereby  there  was  finally 
transferred  to  the  said  Trustees  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars. 
The  income  of  this  fund  was  to  accumulate  in  perpetuity  for  successive 
periods  of  ten  years,  at  compound  interest,  the  accumulation  of  one 
decade  to  be  spent  in  the  following  decade,  for  the  purpose  of  stimu- 
lating the  production  of  the  best  books  or  treatises  "on  the  connec- 
tion, relation  and  mutual  bearing  of  any  practical  science,  the  history 
of  our  race,  or  the  facts  in  any  department  of  knowledge,  with  and 
upon  the  Christian  Religion." 

In  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  deed  of  gift,  the  Trustees  of 
Lake  Forest  University  established  THE  BROSS  LIBRARY,  to  con- 
sist of  books  and  treatises  of  the  above-mentioned  character,  to  be 
selected  by  the  two  following  methods: 

1.     The   Bross   Prize 

Once  in  every  decade  a  prize  is  offered  for  the  best  book  on  any  of 
the  lines  above  indicated.  The  manuscripts  are  sent  in  anonymously, 
and  the  award  is  made  by  a  committee  of  distinguished  scholars 
chosen  for  the  purpose. 

2.     The  Bross  Lectures 

Besides  providing  for  a  large  prize  to  be  offered  in  each  decade,  the 
terms  of  the  Bross  deed  of  gift  enable  the  Trustees  to  appoint  distin- 
guished men,  from  time  to  time,  to  deliver  courses  of  lectures  on  one 
of  the  many  lines  suggested  by  the  deed  of  gift  as  quoted  above. 
Such  lectures  are  afterward  to  be  expanded  into  books  to  be  published 
and  distributed  as  volumes  of  The  Bross  Library. 

Lecturers 

The  Rev.  Mark  D.  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  Williamstown,  Massachusetts. 

The  Rev.  James  Orr,  D.  D.,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  James  Thorburn,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Hastings,  Eng. 

The  Rev.  Francis  L.  Patton,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

The  Rev.  Marcus  Dods,  D.  D.,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

Professor  J.  Arthur  Thomson,  Aberdeen,  Scotland. 

Dr.  Frederick  J.  Bliss,  Beirut,  Syria. 

Professor  Josiah  Royce,  Harvard  University. 

The  Rev.  John  Neville  Figgis,  D.  D.,  Litt.  D.,  Mirfield,  England. 

Professor  Henry  Wilkes  Wright,  Ph.  D.,  Lake  Forest. 

The  Rev.  John  P.  Peters,  Ph.  D.,  Sewanee,  Tenn. 

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ADMISSION 

Students  coming  from  high  schools  and  academies  accredited  by 
the  North  Central  Association  of  Colleges  and  Secondary  Schools  are 
admitted  to  Lake  Forest  College  without  examination,  on  certificate  of 
scholarship  and  good  character,  in  so  far  as  they  meet  the  entrance 
requirements  specified  below.  The  same  privilege  is  generaly  ex- 
tended to  the  graduates   of  schools  on  the  accredited  lists   of  other 


ENTRANCE    TO    HENRY    C.    DURAND    INSTITUTE 

institutions  having  similar  entrance  requirements.  Students  from 
other  colleges  must  present  official  certificates  of  honorable  dismissal. 
Students  who  do  not  present  satisfactory  certificates  from  accredited 
schools  may  be  examined  in  any  or  all  extrance  requirements. 

All  applicants  for  admission  to  the  College,  either  to  the  Fresh- 
man class  or  to  advanced  standing,  will  be  furnished  with  blank 
forms  of  application.  These  forms  should  be  filled  out  by  the  proper 
persons,  as  indicated  on  the  forms  and  returned  promptly. 

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ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS 

The  admission  requirements  are  based  upon  four  years  of  second- 
ary school  work,  with  four  daily  recitations.  A  daily  recitation 
throughout  the  year  is  used  as  a  convenient  unit  of  measure;  hence 
in  the  four  years  of  secondary  school  work  there  are  ordinarily  six- 
teen units.  For  admission  without  condition,  therefore,  a  certificate 
of  graduation  from  an  approved  school  must  be  offered. 

EXPENSES  PER  SEMESTER 

Tuition  and  General  Fees: 

Tuition    $62.50 

Athletics    5.00 

Library 3.00 

Entertainment 3.50 

Departmental  Fees: 

Chemical    Laboratory    5.00 

Chemical  Laboratory  Breakage  - 2.00 

Physical   Laboratory 3.00 

Physical   Laboratory  Breakage 2.00 

Biological  Laboratory  5.00 

Biological  Laboratory  Breakage 2.00 

Board  and  Room: 

For  Men: 

Room    $36.00    to  72.00 

Board    126.00 

For  Women: 

Room   $63.50   to  138.50 

Board 125.00 

Laundry  (12  plain  pieces)  10.00 

Fees  for  music  in  the  Lake  Forest  University  School  of  Music  and 
fees  for  courses  in  the  department  of  Expression  are  extra  and  will 
be  stated  on  inquiry. 

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COURSES  OF  STUDY 

The  curriculum  at  Lake  Forest  College  includes  a  well  selected 
group  of  courses  in  the  departments  of  instruction  found  in  all  first 
class  colleges.  A  student  desirous  of  a  general  cultural  education  will 
find  numerous  and  attractive  electives  in  a  dozen  different  fields  and 
can  shift  the  emphasis  as  his  inclinations  direct  by  the  selection  of 
major  and  minor  subjects. 

This  system  combines  the  breadth  that  is  essential  to  a  liberal 
education  with  the  possibility  of  special  preparation  for  a  student's 
future  vocation.  Thus  a  man  contemplating  engineering  can  get  a 
thorough  grounding  in  mathematics  and  the  sciences  while  working 
for  his  bachelor's  degree.    The  pre-war  course  emphasizes  history  and 


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political  science;  the  pre-medic  course  affords  extensive  training  in  the 
fundamental  sciences;  prospective  theology  students  will  major  in 
Bible  literature  and  give  special  attention  to  classical  languages, 
history  and  social  science. 

There  is  a  separate  department  in  Business  Administration  for 
those  seeking  a  business  education  so  much  in  demand  today.  The 
curriculum  covers  the  full  four  years  and  gives  a  very  thorough  gen- 
eral business  training  as  well  as  special  preparation  for  particular 
lines  of  business  activity,  government  work,  social  service,  and 
teaching  of  commercial  courses  and  secretarial  work. 

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ALMA  MATER 

Lake  Forest,  when  farewell  we  bid  thee, 
And  from  thy  college  halls  depart, 
As  when  by  land  and  sea  divided, 
The  love  of  country  fills  the  heart; 
When  courage  fails  and  hopes  are  dying, 
Our  thoughts  shall  ever  turn  to  thee; 
Our  watch-word  be  till  time  is  ended, 
"For  God,  Lake  Forest,  Victory!" 


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